How to Play Croquet
Book Description
First edition. Light soiling to front cover, more noticeable at extremities. Lacks first leaf (with plan of croquet ground); private library bookplate on front pastedown. With a few playing diagrams.
Note: Drazin A112 (not seen)
Dealer Notes
Given the provenance (a private library in a small Ontario town), one can imagine that the plan of the croquet ground was removed for easy reference – perhaps placed on a notice board? The bibliographer had not seen a copy, therefore we assume it to be quite scarce.
Author
W. W. Bruce
Date
[1904]
Binding
Publisher's original colour pictorial boards w/red cloth spine
Publisher
London: Beeton & Co., Ltd.,
Condition
Near fine
Pages
Title + 87 + 5 pp. ads at rear.
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